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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
Business
Simon Hunt

Esken puts Southend Airport up for sale as it warns on finances

The beleaguered owner of Southend Airport has confirmed the site has been put up for sale as it sounded the alarm on the stability of its finances.

Debt-ridden Esken, which is also putting its renewables business up for sale, warned “there is a material uncertainty in respect of [its] going concern assumption and the directors have exercised a significant degree of judgement in concluding that the group remains a going concern.”

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